Sugiura, Daisuke http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3865-3889
Okazaki, Il-mi http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8644-0100
Maeda, Takeo K.
Maruhashi, Takumi http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2944-1611
Shimizu, Kenji http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4204-555X
Arakaki, Rieko
Takemoto, Tatsuya http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1860-0269
Ishimaru, Naozumi
Okazaki, Taku http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4790-1925
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (JP18am0301007, TO)
MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP18H05417, JP19H01029, JP21K06526)
Naito Foundation
Joint Usage and Joint Research Programs by the Institute of Advanced Medical Sciences of Tokushima University
Article History
Received: 2 March 2021
Accepted: 20 December 2021
First Online: 10 February 2022
Competing interests
: D.S., T.K.M. and T.O. have a pending patent of an immunosuppressive method related to the immunoregulatory mechanism reported here (WO 2020/116636). T.O. received a research grant from Ono Pharmaceutical. The other authors declare no competing interests.